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Intertextuality in literature and genetics

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Intertextuality in literature and genetics

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In literature, intertextuality refers to the connection between literary texts. Characters carry an underlying past story and context. Similarly, in genetics, mutations accumulate over generations. We accumulate the history of our ancestors in our genomes...

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In Adios, Happy Homeland! by Ana Menendez, the fictional character Herberto Quain writes a fictional Prologue and a letter to The Poets is actually a character from "An Examination of the Work of Herbert Quain" a short story by the Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges.

Adios, Happy Homeland page 65:

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The gene: An intimate history - Mukherjee

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The gene: An intimate history - Mukherjee

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"The mitochondrial genome rarely recombines and is only present in a single copy. Mutations in mitochondrial genes are passed intact across generations, and they accumulate over time without crossing over, making the mitochondrial genome an ideal genetic timekeeper.” (Mukherjee 364).

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This intimate interconnection between Menendez and Borges' literature narratives influences the readers’ interpretation of the text since Quain is carrying the spirit of his past stories.

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Example of Intertextuality in The Simpsons

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Example of Intertextuality in The Simpsons

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WHAT IS INTERTEXTUALITY? | LITERARY THEORY COURSE